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Post subject: Trojan alert  Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 9:42 pm |
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I keep getting this warning every time I open the forum: http://searchinvented.com/?dn=www.swami ... s&nxte=gif\{gzip} I am using Avast as my anti-virus, with real-time scanning. _________________ Live Well, Laugh Often, Love More,  Stuart  2007 YZF600R Blue 2005 YZF600R Silver (RIP)
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:05 pm |
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See this thread ... viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11913&p=138604&hilit=avast#p138604... I'm not sure what the issue is myself. I have hit the URL to test from 3 different machines all running 3 different A/V solutions, and have not seen any warnings. I stopped using Avast and AVG a few years ago due to tons of false positives. They are probably better now. -Doug
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:13 pm |
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It's a redirect from your browser. I think it's a trojan, haven't figured out what it is yet. May have to do with Explorer 7 and possibly ActiveX add ins... There was another aspect of Explorer that allowed this exploit, can't recall what I did to screw myself....
I have a machine that is down because of this, had to access the drive from USB to get my data back. I run SpyBot with tea timer, it got in because I answered the door for the devil - I'm sure of it. SpyBot never saw it.
Back up to a different drive and rebuild. I tried removing the redirect, couldn't find it. Run DBAN to wipe the boot sector just in case. That's a 3 pass DOD wipe... Be certain you want to do that. Non-recoverable.
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:19 pm |
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Bring it in to my work and we can fix it.
PM me if you want
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:41 pm |
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I'm using Firefox and don't get it anywhere else but WCR.
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:54 am |
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:14 am |
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I still think it is add in related. And there are no guarantees in life, all of the AV software will get you close to protected. None of them protect against everything. And you can only run one at a time - that happened a long time ago... Lee B PS - Wooden badgers only give you splinters... 
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:07 pm |
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Avast by far is the best anti-virus to date. Ive never had it pull false stuff and never has failed me. Been running on our home PC virus free for around 5 years now  _________________  www.kytwisted.com
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:26 pm |
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Half empty or half full Boo. Glad to see you're an optimist... Carry on. Lee B
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:33 pm |
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boo wrote: Avast by far is the best anti-virus to date. Ive never had it pull false stuff and never has failed me. Been running on our home PC virus free for around 5 years now Me too. I love this software. Luckily I have 64-bit, too, which does a great deal in preventing viruses since most are written for x84 platforms.
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:28 pm |
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boo wrote: Avast by far is the best anti-virus to date. Ive never had it pull false stuff and never has failed me. Been running on our home PC virus free for around 5 years now Boo, you aren't getting the warning with Avast? I have CA eTrust 8.0 at work and don't get warning here. _________________ Live Well, Laugh Often, Love More, Stuart 2007 YZF600R Blue 2005 YZF600R Silver (RIP)
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:05 pm |
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livewellandfree wrote: boo wrote: Avast by far is the best anti-virus to date. Ive never had it pull false stuff and never has failed me. Been running on our home PC virus free for around 5 years now Boo, you aren't getting the warning with Avast? I have CA eTrust 8.0 at work and don't get warning here. Yeah check the topic i posted above, im getting it as well. Im pretty sure if it says somethings up, then somethings up _________________ www.kytwisted.com
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:09 pm |
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whiners.
Now larry and Jdub are admins. You will see how bad this is when you all get banned.
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:04 am |
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Yay whats this banned? I wanna join!
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:09 am |
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:22 am |
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The problem is Avast giving off false positives. This is not an uncommon problem.
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:55 am |
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Si1ic0n3 wrote: The problem is Avast giving off false positives. This is not an uncommon problem. I hate when that happens... many a guy has ended up with a ring on his finger that way. I haven't had it pop up in a couple days. New definition must have cured it. _________________ Live Well, Laugh Often, Love More, Stuart 2007 YZF600R Blue 2005 YZF600R Silver (RIP)
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:49 pm |
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livewellandfree wrote: Si1ic0n3 wrote: The problem is Avast giving off false positives. This is not an uncommon problem. I hate when that happens... many a guy has ended up with a ring on his finger that way. I haven't had it pop up in a couple days. New definition must have cured it. Lol 
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:05 pm |
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Si1ic0n3 wrote: livewellandfree wrote: Si1ic0n3 wrote: The problem is Avast giving off false positives. This is not an uncommon problem. I hate when that happens... many a guy has ended up with a ring on his finger that way. I haven't had it pop up in a couple days. New definition must have cured it. Lol At my age, I'm glad when it pops up. _________________ Live Well, Laugh Often, Love More, Stuart 2007 YZF600R Blue 2005 YZF600R Silver (RIP)
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:10 pm |
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this is weird. I typed in
Trojan Alert gif
into google to see what would pop up and wildcatriders.com popped up!
ahhh!! We're infested
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Post subject: Re: Trojan alert Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:03 pm |
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Si1ic0n3 wrote: this is weird. I typed in
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into google to see what would pop up and wildcatriders.com popped up!
ahhh!! We're infested No, "We're famous"! Or is that "infamous"? _________________ Live Well, Laugh Often, Love More, Stuart 2007 YZF600R Blue 2005 YZF600R Silver (RIP)
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